Flabellina fogata

Flabellina fogata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia
clade Aeolidida

Superfamily: Flabellinoidea
Family: Flabellinidae
Genus: Flabellina
Species: F. fogata
Binomial name
Flabellina fogata
Millen & Hermosillo, 2007[1]

Flabellina fogata is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Flabellinidae. [2]

Distribution

This species was described from Bahía de Banderas, Mexico, Pacific Ocean.

Description

This flabellinid nudibranch has a translucent orange body and red digestive gland in the cerata. There are white spots on the outer parts of the cerata.[3]

The description of Flabellina fogata includes a table comparing similar species from Mexico.[1]

Species Rhinophores Ground colour Colour of cerata Living size (mm)
F. marcusorum Red, papillate posteriorly Bright pink Pink, purple and yellow < 20
F. telja Yellow or brown, perfoliate Light pink, white spots Brownish pink < 24
F. vansyoci Pink, verrucose Rose pink Rose pink, white spots < 15
F. bertschi White, smooth White Reddish pink, white tips < 8
F. fogata Translucent orange, annulate Translucent orange Red with white spots < 15
F. cynara White with purple tips, perfoliate Pink with purple markings Salmon & purple, white spots < 12

References

  1. 1 2 Millen S. & Hermosillo A. (2007) The genus Flabellina Voight, 1834 (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia) from Bahia de Banderas (Pacific coast of Mexico) with ecological observations, the description of a new species, and the redescription of Flabellina cynara. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences ser.4, 58(26): 543-559. page(s): 548
  2. Bouchet, P. (2015). Flabellina fogata Millen & Hermosillo, 2007. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-27
  3. Flabellina fogata At Medslugs.de
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